PositiveProjectionMon, August 3, 2026
Watson should be benched; 2022 trade called worst in NFL history.
Deshaun WatsonQBCLE
Watson is locked in a QB1 competition with second-year Shedeur Sanders, alternating snaps every other day of training camp in what the source characterizes as largely performative. The source argues Watson should be benched given his odious contract ($86 million in cap charges when he leaves next spring), lack of local buy-in, off-field behavior stench from Houston, injuries, and the 2022 trade being perhaps the worst in NFL history. Watson's potential return next year is described as ridiculous, and the source advocates parking him on the bench to give Sanders a long leash.
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From that odious contract, to the lack of local buy-in, to the stench of off-field behavior that followed him from Houston, to the injuries, to the lost draft capital, to the loss of Baker Mayfield, the 2022 trade for Watson is perhaps the worst in NFL history.
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- Watson is locked in a QB1 competition with second-year Shedeur Sanders, alternating snaps every other day of training camp in what the source characterizes as largely performative. The source argues Watson should be benched given his odious contract ($86 million in cap charges when he leaves next spring), lack of local buy-in, off-field behavior stench from Houston, injuries, and the 2022 trade being perhaps the worst in NFL history. Watson's potential return next year is described as ridiculous, and the source advocates parking him on the bench to give Sanders a long leash.
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